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Best Irish Family Tree Makers
When: Tuesday, 14 November, 2023Talk to anyone who has spent some time researching their Irish ancestry, and they'll all tell you "it grows legs." Despite all our best efforts to keep things simple, Irish genealogy research is a bit... a lot... like our confusing signposts and winding boreens – a fun journey,
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New York and the Green Yacht from Derry
When: Tuesday, 5 September, 2023Over one hundred million Americans can trace an ancestor who arrived, from 1892, in the United States at Ellis Island.
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Ten Facts about Irish Gravestones
When: Tuesday, 1 November, 2022An ancestor's headstone holds the promise of uncovering clues that might take us back further. Headstone inscriptions can help us fill in gaps in our family histories – a date, a maiden name, it's all genealogy gold.
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Learn from the stars of Traditional Irish music
When: Monday, 25 September, 2023The courses came about when a number of stars of the Irish music scene gathered in the cultural hub of County Clare in the west of Ireland recently and set about imparting their tremendous knowledge and skills in a series of video lessons.
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The Irish Hedge Schools
When: Friday, 15 September, 2023The primary purpose of these penal laws, relating to education, was the eradication of “popery” in Ireland. The penal laws were established in 1695 to lessen Irish Catholic power, dismantle their culture, and anglicize or “civilize” Ireland. The Penal Laws were not all created in 1695.
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Reproductive Loan Schemes
When: Wednesday, 5 October, 2022In the 1720s Dean Jonathan Swift gav
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From Ireland to Sydney in 100 Days - Letters from Passengers
When: Wednesday, 20 September, 2023By 1830 Ulster was in crisis. In the preceding 50 years she had experienced an unparalleled period of population growth which was reflected in chronic under-employment in agriculture, which was by far her largest employer.
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Where Irish immigrants settled in Australia
When: Thursday, 3 February, 2022Picture: The Lady Kennaway was one of six vessels that brought orphans to Williamstown, Victoria under the auspices of Earl Grey's Irish Famine Orphan scheme.
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